Imagine receiving a call from an unknown number. The call cuts before you can pick it up, and you wonder who might have been on the other side and whether you should call back.
Now, picture losing your phone in the metro. You don’t know where it is now, and you are as worried as ever as you try to think of ways to trace it down.
Or, think of one of those occasions when you are very interested in someone and somehow manage to get their phone number. You want to know all about this person, and the only important piece of information you have about them is their mobile number.
The three situations might sound very different from each other—and they indeed are– in terms of urgency and importance. But there are a couple of common threads. While the first thread is a pressing need to know more about someone or something, the second is a potential solution to the problem: a mobile number.
Mobile Number Tracker
With the Mobile Number Tracker, you can effortlessly locate the precise position of any mobile number on Google Maps. Simply input a ten-digit number, hit ‘Submit’, and the tool will reveal the accurate location immediately on the map at no cost.
Can a Mobile Number be Tracked?
“Tracking” is a broad term. It can mean knowing someone’s personally identifying information like name, profession, and the city and country where they live. But it is just as meaningful when you want to know someone’s precise location in real time.
Now, the question is, to what extent can a mobile number be tracked?
It varies. The information you can gain from someone’s mobile number is usually limited to their basic details like name, state, and country of residence. Unless the number is yours, you know the owner, or you can somehow access their phone even for a while, it’s not easy to know someone’s precise location using their mobile number.
Don’t be disappointed yet! We are not here to dampen your spirits. There are many ways to track a phone number’s owner and their details, as well as a handful of smart ways even to locate a number in some special cases.
Is Mobile Number Tracking Legal?
Tracking a mobile number is a perfectly legal thing in most cases. But it can become illegal if you tread too far in your pursuit.
As discussed before, the true meaning of tracking can range from knowing some basic details about a person to monitoring their precise location without permission. So, whether mobile number tracking is illegal in your case depends on what you mean by “tracking” someone’s mobile number.
Do you want to see some publicly available information about the person, such as their name, place of residence, profession, or anything similar that is likely already visible online, say on their social media accounts? If yes, you can breathe a sigh of relief, as this kind of tracking will neither bring you any legal trouble nor put you behind bars. As long as you don’t take help from an illegal tool for fetching this information, you are good to go!
However, if your curiosity extends far beyond these basic details to their exact whereabouts and their online or offline activities, you’d better take a step back. Most countries consider such an act a serious breach of privacy and law. No matter how interested you are in someone or how noble your intentions are, detecting someone’s real-time location without their permission is not a good idea.
That said, there are some special cases when tracking the location of a phone number is legal and does not attract any penalties or charges. We will talk about these cases later in the blog.